DATUI-VIEWS(1) User Commands DATUI-VIEWS(1)

datui-views - list or remove saved views

datui views list
datui views rm NAME
datui views clear

List or remove saved views.

A view is saved from the views list (v) at the table, and applied with --view NAME or from that list.

List the saved views: name, what files they match, when last used.
Remove one saved view by name.
NAME

Remove every saved view.

Set a config key for this run, as in the file: -c display.row_numbers=true. Repeatable; a flag of the key's own still wins. datui config keys lists them.
Print help.

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Success: the session was quit (q, Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+C), or the command did what it was asked.
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An error, printed to standard error: a PATH that is not there, a configuration file that cannot be used, nothing piped in for -, or a command that failed (datui formats check on a spec with errors).
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A usage error: an unknown option or command, or a value an option does not take.

The config directory, in place of the platform's (~/.config/datui on Linux). Saved views and format specs live there too.

CONFIG is $DATUI_CONFIG_DIR when it is set, else $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/datui (~/.config/datui) on Linux, ~/Library/Application Support/datui on macOS and %APPDATA%\datui on Windows.

The config file: see datui-config(5). datui config path prints the files read.
Your catalog, which Ctrl+D on the home screen adds to: see datui-catalog(1).
More catalogs, one *.toml each, named by its file; examples.toml replaces the bundled one.
Saved views: see datui-views(1).
Format specs and dictionaries, searched first: see datui-formats(7).

The saved views: name, the files each matches, when last used.

datui views list

datui(1)

The datui documentation: <https://derekwisong.github.io/datui/>

Report bugs at <https://github.com/derekwisong/datui/issues>.

Derek Wisong and the datui contributors.

Copyright © 2026 Derek Wisong

datui is free software under the MIT License.

2026-10-06 datui 0.4.1